Fundacion Ancestral Pinar del Rio 1941

Free stick from CostaRicaCigarCo that was sent to me to try and do a review on.

Fundacion Ancestral Pinar del Rio 1941...Churchill
Size...7x52
Drink...Coffee
Tunes...digging on some blues (Guitar Shorty)

Wrapper, Binder, Filler...CR Puro

Light...Hard
Draw...Hard
Burn...Lousy

Time...1 1/2 hrs before I finally gave up on it.

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Prelight construction looked really good, walnut colored wrapper leaning toward a light maduro. Considering how long in transit it was to me, I had left it in my humi for a month. Feel was pretty hard but I decided to try it anyway.

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Gave it a toasting...then man was the light up tough. Thought I was never going to get it lit or keep it lit. Hardly any smoke probably due to being so tight. Not much on taste...very light leathery & spice notes. Flaky dark gray & blackish ash fell off at 1/2 in., second ash was an uneven 3/4 / 1 in.

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I kept massaging it and it loosened up some and I got a little more smoke out of it. Although I had no smell of ammonia, about halfway I started getting the taste of it leaving a tingling mentholish feel and taste to my tongue. Ugh! That quickly went away and the light leathery spicy tone came back but with something else, nutty? maybe...dunno it didn't last long at all.

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Finally loosened up enough that I got more billowy smoke from it. Going into the last third, I got the ammonia taste again and finally gave up on it. Sorry but I just didn't care for this stick and it took entirely too much work to smoke it. :smiley21:

Thanks for the review.

I bet Ben Dover (or was that heywood jablowme?) is happy he wasn't sent any of these!

Will

I'M really starting to not look forward to trying the 3 i was sent. :smiley6:

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Originally Posted by Mangyrat

I'M really starting to not look forward to trying the 3 i was sent. :smiley6:

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The Adrians is worth smoking, TRUST ME !

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Originally Posted by Paddy

The Adrians is worth smoking, TRUST ME !

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I agree, the Adrians was a very decent smoke, and I would gadly smoke one again.

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Originally Posted by mail man

I agree, the Adrians was a very decent smoke, and I would gadly smoke one again.

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You're making a good decision. The Adrians is really great!

Fred,

I thank you for the honest review. I represent 8 manufacturers. Fundacion Ancestral is from Tabacos de la Cordillera. They produce an unusual cigar that seems to be an acquired taste. All the tobacco used are from their own farms and pesticide free.

The other manufacturers that I carry will use tobacco blends that are more palatable to most (Adrian's, Vegas de Santiago, Isthmus, etc.).

Pura Vida!